Always good to see Indy devs taking a crack at something big, and this defiantly qualifies. They've put up a kickstart and they've gathered 1k in about a day. If they hit 10k in under a month it's a pretty good bet we'll see this this one come to fruition.

This will be a Source Engine game so expect tight steam integration (invites, achievements, dedicated servers), good keybaord/mouse controls and great performance even on mid-range machines. They released a multiplayer beta source mod not so long ago (called Orion: Source) and the feedback they gathered from that prompted them to start Orion: Prelude as a commercial project.